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“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will ensure that immigration filings are decided based on the laws, regulations, and binding legal precedent that govern each case.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

However, upon further inspection, it’s not clear that any of this is legally binding, and Blanche himself admitted as much during his hearing last month.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Under the Climate Change Act, the mitigation half of her committee recommends legally binding carbon budgets that ministers must deliver and are marked on every year.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The suffragists complained that the referendum wasn’t binding, and the antis complained that they were expected to vote in order to show that they didn’t want the vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

"You can think of it as a basket that allows us to capture metals and position them in ways to encourage specific types of bindings."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

On view are examples of bulbous book bindings, acid-etched vases, satin capes, parchment-covered cabinets, angular decanters, diamond-decorated cloche hats, geometric malachite brooches, stark bas-reliefs, Brancusi-faced collar ads, and boxy, black-lacquer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

We clicked into bindings that held only our toes in place for the uphill, and then, with a quick adjustment, locked our heels in place for the downhill run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

A wakeskate is used like a skateboard, without bindings.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023

Furiously he yanked at the bindings, but they held fast.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver